Lost dog found a year later and 4,500 km away

A Montreal family will soon be reunited with  their lost dog, a year after she was lost. The Labrador mix named Pollux escaped from owner Isablle Robitaille's home last June. But that the runaway dog was found after so long isn't the most surprising part of this story.

Pollux was found in Kamloops, British Columbia, over 4,500 kilometres away from home. A good Samaritan had turned her into the local SPCA. Officials at the Kamloops SPCA were able to identify the dog  thanks to a microchip in her neck.

Pollux was adopted by Robitaille from the Montreal SPCA. They have a standing policy to ensure all animals get a microchip before they are adopted.

Nobody but Pollux knows how she travelled to the West Coast so far away from home.